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WCDT strips 4421-4425 (21-25th December 2020)
MrNumbers:
I would add that it's my personal experience that kids at 12-13 try a lot harder to act mature, and then as they get older they stop doing that as much because they start seeing themselves as more mature - so they don't try so hard to imitate it, they're trying to define it for themselves. Which means failing a bit. It feels true with how Sam's interactions with the cast changed over time.
People who learn second languages have told me something similar: People are a lot more impressed if you're barely managing to understand and follow along, because it's obvious you're learning a new language, which is awesome. But as soon as you're partially fluent, you start to be registered as being a bit thick or stupid. There's just a gulf where getting a bit better ends up being perceived as a lot worse.
brasca:
--- Quote from: BlueFatima on 23 Dec 2020, 03:46 ---Da-yam! May is right!!! Chill out, Bubs!
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Unless that new chassis includes a tact subroutine Bubbles is right to have a word with her.
Is it cold in here?:
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--- Quote from: DaiJB on 20 Dec 2020, 04:57 ---"Other" (One way or another, I'm gonna make this a tradition) :-D :
Marten is the guy who wakes up late one day, after sleeping off a bender after being laid off from his dead-end job. He then realizes that he has dreamed his entire life since that point in time.
He then says 'Hey, that makes a pretty good story', writes it all down and sells it to a budding cartoonist named Jeph Jacques, before heading back to California to study guitar maintenance and repair...
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Isn't that how The Hobbit came to us?
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There was a Feghoot about that. Feghoot travels back in time and offers Tolkien a drug that enhances creativity. Tolkien of course asks if it is safe, Feghoot says "yes".
After it has had time to take effect, Tolkien exclaims something like (all dialog paraphrased from memory)
"There is a short man in my study with furry feet telling me the most wonderful story!"
F: "Good then."
T: "But he's not real! I'm hallucinating! You told me this drug was harmless!"
F: "Professor Tolkien, it is harmless, but never once did I tell you it was not hobbit forming."
Sorflakne:
I'm with May. I'd totally let someone draw a skull puking knives on me.
N.N. Marf:
--- Quote from: MrNumbers on 23 Dec 2020, 07:57 ---There's just a gulf where getting a bit better ends up being perceived as a lot worse.
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This is a reason that I prefer not understanding than misunderstanding. I might learn faster with intermediate misunderstanding, but by intentionally waiting until I'm sure the understanding is correct, I avoid that `stupid gulf.' It also avoids never-corrected (small) misunderstandings.
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